testee n peenee cancer Flashcards
benign stuff
simple cysts, angiomyolipoma, oncocytoma
malignant stuff
renal cell carcinoma (solid/complex cystic) , transitional cell carcinoma, lymphoma
oncocytoma (benign)
3-7% of all kidney tumours, spherical capsulated brown/tan colour, radiologically very difficult to differentiate from renal cell carcinoma, has got central scar/spoke wheel pattern, not known to metastasise
oncocytoma (benign)
3-7% of all kidney tumours, spherical capsulated brown/tan colour, radiologically very difficult to differentiate from renal cell carcinoma, has got central scar/spoke wheel pattern, not known to metastasise
oncocytoma hist, imaging, biopsy, treatment
aggregates of eosinophilic cells, mitosis is rare and cells packed w/ mitochondria,
incidental (85%), loin pain, haematuria,
CT scan: spoke wheel pattern, biopsy: can be uncertain, similarities to chromophobe RCC,
treatment: observation 4-5 years if biopsy proven
angiomyolipoma
80% sporadic in middle aged females